Could so-called blue carbon be key to resolving some of Australia’s biggest environmental and cultural challenges?

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A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood vessels in the brain. A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys.

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The best wildflower hiking trails in the U.S. Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountains.

The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous?

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The drought in the western U.S. could last until 2030. After a brutally hot and dry 2021, the region is now in the worst "megadrought" in 1,200 years.

How junk food outsmarts our brains—by hiding in our memories. New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel ...

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These glowing seas have baffled sailors for centuries. Science may finally have answers. "Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence.